Compliance of healthcare worker's toward tuberculosis preventive measures in workplace: a systematic literature review

H Ismail, N Reffin, SE Wan Puteh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite several guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and national
authorities, there is a general increase in the number of healthcare workers (HCWs) …

Knowledge, attitude, practices, and determinants of them toward tuberculosis among social media users in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

S Mahmud, M Mohsin, SH Irfan, A Muyeed, A Islam - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes thousands of deaths in
Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the 30 high TB burden countries. In this study, we aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Context matters: Examining the factors impacting the implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control guidelines in health settings in seven …

MS Islam, AA Chughtai, S Banu, H Seale - Journal of Infection and Public …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) in high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries
are at increased risk of TB infection due to increased exposures to TB patients and …

What tuberculosis infection control measures are effective in resource-constrained primary healthcare facilities?: A systematic review of the literature

G Marme, S Rutherford, N Harris - Rural and remote health, 2023 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health challenge, killing millions of
people, despite the availability of preventive TB medication. The majority of these infections …

Health worker experiences of implementing TB infection prevention and control: a qualitative evidence synthesis to inform implementation recommendations

HM van der Westhuizen, J Dorward… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Implementation of TB infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health facilities is
frequently inadequate, despite nosocomial TB transmission to patients and health workers …

Prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in chest diseases hospitals, Bangladesh: Putting infection control into context

MS Islam, ES Gurley, S Banu, K Hossain… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of tuberculosis infection (TBI).
We estimated the prevalence and incidence of TBI and risk factors among HCWs in …

Preparedness of tertiary care hospitals to implement the national TB infection prevention and control guidelines in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration

MS Islam, S Tarannum, S Banu, KIA Chowdhury… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, health settings, including non-designated TB
hospitals, host many patients with pulmonary TB. Bangladesh's National TB Control …

Healthcare Workers' Perception of Measures to Reduce the Risk of New Tuberculosis Infections: A Qualitative Study Report

D Madzinga, TG Tshitangano, NS Raliphaswa… - Nursing Reports, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis, which is an infectious airborne disease remained the main leading cause of
death in South Africa for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018. In 2020 alone, the …

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on pulmonary tuberculosis control in the selected Upazila health complexes of Dhaka division, Bangladesh

FA Mihika, MAA Jubayer Biswas, MMH Khan… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the enormous disruption of tuberculosis (TB) services reported globally,
Bangladesh's impact is not well documented. We aimed to assess the effect of the COVID-19 …

Assessment of standard precaution related to infection prevention readiness of healthcare facilities in Bangladesh: Findings from a national cross-sectional survey

MAAJ Biswas, MZ Hassan, MR Monjur… - Antimicrobial …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Background: Baseline assessment of standard precaution relating to infection prevention
and control (IPC) preparedness to fight health crisis within healthcare facilities at different …